Just got an alert attempted bombing in okc

[Dale00]

The timing on the heals of the Charlottesville violence is suspicious. I suppose most likely it is a copy cat crime.

 

[SMS]

The timing on the heals of the Charlottesville violence is suspicious. I suppose most likely it is a copy cat crime.

I doesn't read like something they just slapped together over the weekend so I doubt any connection to recent events.

They been pulling off these kind of public relations stings for a long time.

 

[Hobbes]

FBI, DHS warned of white supremacist threat in May

 

[DavidMcmillan]

So, another "useless idiot" sting where a guy with zero capability gets contacted by an FBI handler posing as an sympathetic enabler...who then holds his hand through the entire process right up until detonation time. Then they spring out and say gotcha!

Did they stop an attempted bombing or did they create live theater at great taxpayer expense?

"Zero capability"? He wanted a 1000lb ammonium nitrate bomb specifically like McVeigh's which was 6000lb. Shouldn't be too difficult for the average adult to accomplish.

Some folks might have made the same caustic statement if FBI had been able to stop McVeigh.

 

[MacFromOK]

According to a criminal complaint, the FBI arrested 23-year-old Jerry Drake Varnell at 1 a.m. on Aug. 12 after he allegedly attempted to detonate what he believed to be an explosives-laden van he had parked in an alley next to BancFirst in downtown Oklahoma City.

Wonder what his problem is with BancFirst? Our local one supports both CCW and open carry in the bank. :dunno:

 

[GlockPride]

Jeez, like that ain't been done before. He couldn't try for something a little more original?!? }sarcasm off

 

[Rolando]

Aspirational vs. Operational.. until they meet the right person.

 

[tomthebaker]

It really sounds like the FBI was holding his hand throughout the entire process.

 

[Ace_on_the_Turn]

I i think the real question is, what the hell is that background?

 

[donner]

I i think the real question is, what the hell is that background?

3d ultrasound maybe?